I'm curious about which type of corkscrew you're using. I never heard of one breaking as you open a bottle (in France it's really common to have a Creuset-type

I'm curious about which type of corkscrew you're using. I never heard of one breaking as you open a bottle (in France it's really common to have a Creuset-type corkscrew at home). I personally use the one on my Swiss army knife and I'm pretty confident it won't break. Maybe you'd want to get one of those, they're pretty cheap and can outlive you easily if you don't lose it. edit: seems like you're using the lever ("the part that pushes against the bottle rim") to open the bottle. You may want to ditch it altogether: just hold the bottle between your legs and pull on the corkscrew to extract the cork.